Asipovichy
district prosecutor’s office finds no police-related violations in the
detention of local activist Ihar Simbirou back on 8 October, says an official
reply received by the activist.

Mr.
Simbirou was detained by two plainclothes policemen at the railway station of
Asipovichy, Mahiliou region. The activist was taken to local police station and
reportedly beaten and humiliated by the policemen.

“I did not
have any hopes that the prosecutor’s office would react in a different way. It
did not even take into account the results of a medical examination that showed
I suffered a concussion on 8 October. The prosecuting officials took the side
of the policemen. I am currently thinking of appealing the reply, but
unfortunately the country’s has no means against policemen who violate the
law”, says Ihar Simbirou.